London J. Martyn At The Bell 1667 - First edition. Small 4to (20.5 x 16 cm), [14], 438, [2] pp., imprimatur leaf A1 with engraved arms of the Royal Society on the verso, two engraved folding plates facing pages 173 and 233, bound without the frontispiece (as often), woodcut initials, letterpress tables, errata leaf at the end (3I4); contemporary mottled calf gilt, red morocco lettering piece, rebacked preserving spine, lightly rubbed, a very good example. Sprat (1635-1713), Bishop of Rochester, "became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1663. At about the same time he was commissioned to write a 'history' of the societya public statement of its aims, methods, and achievements, that might meet criticisms of the Royal Society's limited productivity in the three years since its foundation, and quell fears that experimental science would challenge the belief structures of Restoration society. The History is divided into three parts. The first part offers an extended critique of various approaches to natural philosophy from ancient times to the current day. Sprat presents three main categories: first, scholastics, but also those moderns who having abandoned Aristotle established another ancient such as Epicurus as the new authority; second, those, principally the Cartesians, who sought to establish a modern authority; third, the modern experimenters. The second part of the History provides an explanation of the origins of the Royal Society, its experimental method, and its purposes. Here Sprat argues that co-operative scientific effort, as conducted and encouraged by the soc
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Paris, Savreux, 1667. - 4°, circa 26,3 x 20 cm. 4 ff., 479 pp.; 4 ff., 318 pp., 1 f., with music and several engravings in the text Contemporary full vellum Rare first edition of this Jansenist ritual for the Diocese of Alet (Languedoc, region of Razès, Sault, Donezan, Capcir, Fenouillèdes) published by the Jansenist Bishop Nicolas Pavillon. It was later condemned by Pope Clement IX. Nicely illustrated with several scenes from the bible in little engraved borders, in the second part an engraved diagram shows tonsures devided in size by the rank of the cleric. "- Bookplate, endpaper with inscriptions, just minor browning, little spotting, binding with a few wormholes, but altogether nice and decorative. [Attributes: First Edition]

Venetia: Zacharia Conzatti, 1667. 2 parts in one, 12mo, pp. [8], 254, [1], 360; woodcut printer's device, head- and tail-pieces, and initials; full contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title, all edges speckled red; about fine. Italian translation of Elucidarius carminum et historiarum. Torrentinus, the Dutch humanist and professor of rheroric, has compiled a handy reference tool for geographical, personal, and mythological names, as well as basic Arabic, Hebrew and Greek terms of expression in law, natural history, etc. The work was highly popular and went through many editions, and was often imitated. It was later expanded and translated by by such scholars as Thomas Elyot and Charles Estienne, and it is a major source for tghe lexicographers of the 16th and 17th centuries, such as Cooper, Minsheu, and Skinner.

Venetia: Zacharia Conzatti, 1667. 2 parts in one, 12mo, pp. [8], 254, [1], 360; woodcut printer's device, head-and tail-pieces, and initials; full contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title, all edges speckled red; about fine. Italian translation of Elucidarius carminum et historiarum. Torrentinus, the Dutch humanist and professor of rheroric, has compiled a handy reference tool for geographical, personal, and mythological names, as well as basic Arabic, Hebrew and Greek terms of expression in law, natural history, etc. The work was highly popular and went through many editions, and was often imitated. It was later expanded and translated by by such scholars as Thomas Elyot and Charles Estienne, and it is a major source for tghe lexicographers of the 16th and 17th centuries, such as Cooper, Minsheu, and Skinner. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Venetia: Zacharia Conzatti, 1667. 2 parts in one, 12mo, pp. [8], 254, [1], 360; woodcut printer's device, head- and tail-pieces, and initials; full contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title, all edges speckled red; about fine. Italian translation of Elucidarius carminum et historiarum. Torrentinus, the Dutch humanist and professor of rheroric, has compiled a handy reference tool for geographical, personal, and mythological names, as well as basic Arabic, Hebrew and Greek terms of expression in law, natural history, etc. The work was highly popular and went through many editions, and was often imitated. It was later expanded and translated by by such scholars as Thomas Elyot and Charles Estienne, and it is a major source for tghe lexicographers of the 16th and 17th centuries, such as Cooper, Minsheu, and Skinner.

A striking image of the composer writing in a book (presumably of music) and gazing upwards as if to the heavens for inspiration. 217 x 120 mm. + narrow margins.Horizontal tear repaired with old paper with resultant creasing. MGG Vol. V, 1667.

Amsterdam (Amstelodami), Apud Danielem Elzevirium, 1667. 8vo. 2 volumes in 1: (XXXII),163,(9 fragmenta); (IV),183,8 (7 index & 1 errata),(1 blank) p. Vellum 16 cm (Ref: STCN 850625599; Neue Pauly, Supplement 2, p. 282: Hesiodus EF 10; Willems 1378; Berghman 830; Rahir 1439; Brunet 3,141; Graesse 3,263; Ebert 9603; Dibdin 2,34/35; Moss 1,470) (Details: Greek text and Latin translation. Boards with blind fillet border. First title printed in red and black. Woodcut printer's mark of Louis and Daniel Elzevier on both titles, both showing different versions of the Minerva type; they depict Minerva under an olive tree, she holds a banner with the motto: 'Ne extra oleas', to be understood as 'Stay within the bounds of wisdom') (Condition: Vellum slightly worn. Boards slightly curved. Old ownership entry on the front flyleaf and on the title. 2 gatherings loosening. A few old ink inscriptions in the margins. Small inkstains on 1 p. A small and faint waterstain in the lower corner of the beginning. Small wormhole in the upper margins of the second half, nimbling only at the head of a few letters) (Note: Hesiodus from Askra, a small town in Boiotia, born ca. 775 BC, is one of Greek's oldest poets. His poems are in Homeric hexameters and show his interest in ethics and systematization. His work was known throughout antiquity to rhapsodes, scholars and schoolboys. The Byzantines compiled scholia from ancient commentaries for eludication. The Renaissance didnot quite appreciate him. Until 1667 ca. 18 editions of his 'opera omnia' were published, not much. Hesiod's reception chiefly conc
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1667 - in Italian with translation, bearing the Archbishop's family arms of a gold dragon on a red field, with his cardinal's hat and tassels, in strong colours, the text bordered with blue scrolls between pairs of red lines, saying that "Alessandro Pandino's name being inscribed in our roll, he is allowed to bear all kinds of Arms, offensive and defensive, except Arquebuses and daggers, we also prohibit him from carrying firearms ['bocche di fuochi'] in the City, unless passing through", vellum, 7½" x 8", Bologna, date and month left blank, three small wormholes in blank portions, one just crossing a red frame line The Boncompagni family of Bologna rose to high position in the Church with the election in May 1572 of Ugo Boncompagni, Professor of Law at Bologna, as Gregory XIII. One of the Pope's first acts was to legitimate his natural son Giacomo (1548-1612). In 1580, he bought for 11,000 ducats the town of Sora and its castle facing the Kingdom of Naples and made his son the 1st Duke. Girolamo Boncompagni, was thus the Pope's great-grandson. His father the second Duke having died in 1628, he was educated by his uncle Don Francesco, Archbishop of Naples, and went to Rome in 1642. The see of Bologna fell vacant in 1651, and Girolamo, though not yet a priest, and not yet 30, the canonical age for a bishop, was elected the new Archbishop. An Arquebus is an old form of musket, discharging a bullet weighing about 2 ounces. 'Bocca da fuoco' ('mouth of fire') is the term for a gun barrel of any size, but will only be the portable kind here.

First edition of the translation of the New Testament, called Port Royal. The work was started by Antoine Le Maistre, continued by Antoine Arnauld and Isaac Louis Le Maistre de Sacy. The preface was reviewed by Pierre Nicole and Claude St. Martha. This edition is generally attributed to Daniel Elzevier Amsterdam. A frontispiece apès and Philippe de Champaigne engraved by Van Schuppen.Binding in morocco single vintage red. Back to ornate nerves. Titles and volume numbers gilded. boards struck eun décor with Threshold triple with central supervision net and jewels in the spandrels, all lined with a triple supervisory net. gilt edges. Chez Gaspard Migeot à Mons 1667 in-12 (10x16cm) (44) 538pp. et 462pp. (15) 2 volumes reliés

1667. Bierens de Haan 5021; Cat. Rijksmuseum III, p. 22; STCN (5 copies); cf. Berlin Kat. 2225 (1667 issue of 1664 ed.); not in BAL. Richly illustrated second edition of an architectural manual compiled by a master mason, first published in 1664 (the first edition was also reissued in 1667). Although the title-page calls it the first volume, Vermaarsch never published a second. He openly borrows from architectural classics, naming Scamozzi, Palladio and Viniola on his title-page. He discusses mathematical projection, architectural decoration, the five orders of columns of classical architecture, and more specifically the theories of Scamozzi, Palladio and Vignola, each treated in a separately paginated chapter. As a practicing master mason in Leiden the author's views are of special interest when he discusses the design of decorative brick and plaster work for bases and capitals of columns for doors, gateways, windows, etc., freezes, ceilings and other works of masonry. He notes that all these designs can be constructed with only the very simplest measuring tools. The plates clearly illustrate his points and provide numerous models for brick and plaster decorations. Very good copy with generous margins, with printed memorial label on the pastedown, stating that the book was presented to the mathematical society "Mathesis Scientiarum Genetrix" after Isaac La Lau's 1849 death by his son J.G. La Lau. Both were leading members of the society. [Attributes: First Edition]

Lyon: Horace Boissat & Georges Remeus, 1667. First edition of Fabri's great work on optics which was the inspiration for Newton's work on light and colours as it was through this work that Newton learned of Grimaldi's discovery of the diffraction of light.Fabri describes the rings of Saturn (he was involved in a long dispute with Huygens over their interpretation), difficulties of telescopic observations, and the construction of compound microscopes. He presents a theory of the blueness of the sky based on the principle of dispersion. There is also a careful exposition of theories of vision and the mechanics of the eye.Fabri (1606-88), "mathematician and physicist, was born near Belley, France, educated at the Collège de la Trinité in Lyon, and ordained a Jesuit priest in 1635. He taught metaphysics, astronomy, mathematics, and natural philosophy at the Collège from 1640 until 1646, when he went to Rome, remaining there for the rest of his life. Fabri engaged in research and controversy on a wide range of scientific issues, including heliocentrism, the explanation of tides, and the circulation of the blood (he discovered the latter, independently of, and later than, Harvey, in about 1636); his writings on light and colors contributed to the science of optics" (Albert et al, Source Book in Ophthalmology, p. 100).De Vitry 379; Macclesfield 754 (not in Honeyman, Horblit or Norman); Albert et al 709; Goldsmith F45; Jesuit Science in the Age of Galileo 12; Sommervogel III 515; Vagnetti EIIIb58; Wellcome III, p.3. 4to: 223 x 156 mm. Pp. [8], 246, with 6 folding engraved
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First edition. London: Printed by A. Maxwell, 1667. Folio, contemporary blind-ruled sheep, rebacked with later endpapers, gilt rules and lettering. The famous biography of William Cavendish (1616-1684), the Earl of Newcastle, by his famous literary wife, Margaret Lucas Cavendish (1623-1673), the first English woman to publish extensively. Cavendish's biography was widely read and admired when first published, and its details and descriptions of the English Civil War and the Cavendishs' life in exile in Europe have held up to historical scrutiny. Deletions in ink on two pages, but text legible; a neat manuscript correction to the name "Banaum" on page 60, which is also present in other copies and has been attributed to the author herself. Cavendish's biography is occasionally accompanied by a portrait, but the portrait was engraved after this book was published and is not called for. Binding a little rubbed; a few minor stains and tiny flaws; a very good, large copy.

8vo., with a large folding engraved frontispiece of the fire, (26)128(4)220(4)144pp., possibly wanting a half-title, skilfully rebound in old-style half calf over marbled boards, flat spine with gilt lines and label. A good copy.Publisher: London, printed by R.I. for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Golden Bible on London-bridge.Year: 1667Edition: First edition: variant issue. Uncommon. Wing R.1876.

Leiden: Danielem Abraham & Adrian à Gaasbeeck, 1667. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo (149 x 96 mm). [16], 121, [23] pp, engraved additional title, 7 woodcuts in text of which 3 are full page. Contemporary vellum, author's name and title in manuscript on spine, some browning and mainly marginal worming and dampstaining to text, rear inner hinge broken. ---Garrison-Morton 1724; Heirs of Hippocrates 602; NLM/Krivatsy 11606; Waller 9385; Norman 2035. - FIRST EDITION of 'Swammerdam's medical thesis offer[ing] a perfectly Cartesian explanation of the motion of the lungs and the function of breathing, supplemented by the iatrochemistry of Sylvius. Swammerdam struggled to avoid using any attractive powers, whether of the mouth, of the lungs themselves, or of a partial vacuum, to explain the rushing of air into the lungs ... Swammerdam argued that the muscular expansion of the chest outward pushes the ambient air down into the lungs' (DSB). Swammerdam's theory, evolved in ignorance of Boyle's idea that the air has a springiness, was easily destroyed in the following year by John Mayow in his Tractatus duo (Oxford, 1668). Heirs of Hippocrates 602 'a classic on respiration'. Very Good.

Florence: [Joseph Cocchini], 1667. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to (280 x 167 mm). [8], 123 [1] pp. Signatures: ?4 A-P4 Q2, 66 leaves. Woodcut Medici arms on title, 7 plates: 3 large folding woodcut plates numbered Tabula I-III and 4 full page engraved plates numbered Tab. [IV], V, [VI], VII (bound at the end with the engravings first). 18th-century roan-backed boards, vellum tips, gilt-tooled spine (extremities little rubbed, front endpaper removed, corners bumped). Small stain in preliminaries, some very light occasional spotting, a few early ink annotations and 3 neat ink diagrams in text. A fine, fresh and clean copy. Provenance: library of Walter Pagel (label fixed to inner pastedown). ----Norman 2012; Garrison-Morton 577; NLM/Krivatsy 11432; Osler 4021; Waller 9223; LeFanu, Notable Medical Books from the Lilly Library, p. 79. - FIRST EDITION of "the first outline of a scientific theory of the development of the earth" (Norman), also important for Steno's contributions to the fields of myology and embryology. In collaboration with the mathematician Vicenzio Viviani, Steno (or Stensen) developed a geometrical description of muscular contraction, attempting to demonstrate theoretically that muscles did not increase in volume during contraction. The appendix contains his anatomical descriptions of the head of two sharks, and a study of their teeth (subjects of two of the fine plates), leading him to develop "his theories of how geological structures and fossils might be formed" (Garrison-Morton). This is one of the most remarkable of the scientific classics because it made
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Florence: [Joseph Cocchini], 1667. First edition of "the first outline of a scientific theory of the development of the earth" (Norman). This is one of the most remarkable of the scientific classics because it made seminal contributions to three quite distinct fields: myology, embryology and geology. In addition to being "The earliest geological treatise" (Garboe, quoted in Garrison-Morton), this work laid the foundation of muscle mechanics, and contains the first recognition of the egg-producing function of the female ovary.Soon after arriving in Florence early in 1666, Steno began to receive instruction in geometry from Galileo's last disciple, Vincenzo Viviani. The first part of Elementorum, written in collaboration with Viviani, gave a mathematical account of the operation of the muscles, presented as a series of hypotheses, lemmas, propositions and corollaries. For, as Steno writes in his dedication to Grand Duke Ferdinand, 'why should we not give to the muscles what astronomers give to the sky, geographers to the earth, and, to take an example from the microcosm, what writers on optics concede to the eyes?' Provoked by the controversy resulting from the publication of his De Musculis et Glandulis in 1664, this part "dealt chiefly with the questions: Does the muscle increase in size during contraction? Are hardness and swelling of the muscle signs of an increase in volume? These were acute questions at the time, when even Borelli, one of the leading members of the Accademia del Cimento, still believed that swelling was caused by the influx of nerve fluid. Stensen fir
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London: William Godbid für Ralph Needham, 1667. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (159x95mm). [22], 205, [18 index] pp., 7 engraved plates, one folding. Contemporary full leather (some wear and pumping), red edges, brown label to spine (partly gone). Title page with stamp, some browning and foxing to text, some dampstaining to lower margins of first 20 pages. ----Wellcome IV, 218 ; Norman 1579 ; Garrison-Morton 467.2 ; NLM/Krivatsy 8283 - FIRST EDITION OF THIS FOUNDING WORK ON DEVELOPMENTAL CHEMICAL EMBRYOLOGY. Having obtained his BA from Trinity College Cambridge, and been admitted a fellow of Queens, Needham went to Oxford in 1662, where he attended anatomy lectures and became closely involved with the work of Thomas Willis, Robert Boyle, Thomas Millington and Richard Lower. He subsequently returned to Queens, taking the degree of doctor of physic in 1664. His Disquisitio, the 'first book to report chemical experiments on the developing mammalian embryo, and the first to give practical instructions on dissection of embryos' (Garrison-Morton), was dedicated to Boyle and owed much to his period at Oxford. "Needham's treatise contained the first practical instructions for embryo dissection, and was the first to report chemical experiments on the developing mammalian embryo. Needham was particularly interested in fetal nutrition, opposing the notion that the fetus feeds on amniotic fluid by mouth and defending the Harveian view that nourishment passes to the fetus via the umbilical vessels. He analyzed the chemical composition of the embryonic liquids, an
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